EP286: The Cost of an Heir

EP286: The Cost of an Heir

On a quiet February morning in 1960, one of America’s most powerful brewing dynasties collided with every parent’s worst nightmare. Adolph Coors III—heir to a beer empire, devoted father, and fixture of Colorado’s elite—vanished on his way to work, leaving behind an abandoned car, a single shoe, and a trail of unanswered questions. What followed was a tense, high-stakes drama that gripped the nation: cryptic demands, frantic negotiations, and a family forced to make impossible decisions under the glare of public attention. This is the story of a disappearance that exposed the vulnerabilities of immense wealth—and set off a chain of events no one could control.

SOURCES:
1) A Look Back on the Coors Kidnapping
2) Coors Kidnapping Ransom Note
3) On This Day in History: Coors brewery heir kidnapped
4) Adolph Coors III
5) Joseph Corbett v. The People of the State of Colorado 6) Archivegrid: Adolph Coors III investigation collection

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EP22: Sex, Lies and Conspiracies

EP22: Sex, Lies and Conspiracies

On January 25, 2012 the body of a woman was discovered in the backseat of a Mercedes SUV that had been abandoned in the City of Detroit.  The police soon discovered the woman was 57-year-old Jane Bash...

9 Mar 20201h 2min

EP21: OMFG I Was Almost Kidnapped!

EP21: OMFG I Was Almost Kidnapped!

On a July evening in 2014, 14-year-old April Millsap took her dog Penny for a walk on a popular biking trail not far from her home. At 6:28 pm she texted her boyfriend sending him a chilling message, ...

2 Mar 202047min

EP20: Uncle Clarence

EP20: Uncle Clarence

In 1998, a terrified 6-year-old girl witnessed her grandmother being beaten to death by a man who also raped and beat her.  When she awoke the morning after the attack, she told authorities she knew t...

24 Feb 202044min

EP19:  The Boy Who Murdered Children

EP19: The Boy Who Murdered Children

The city of Boston was overcome with terror in the late 1800s because a monster was torturing its' young boys.  After eight children were brutally violated, the police were finally able to nab the per...

17 Feb 202049min

EP18: Scrawled in Blood

EP18: Scrawled in Blood

In 2006, a married couple, Christine and Ronald, were brutally bludgeoned, stabbed, and left for dead in the garage of their home. Before dying, Christine scrawled a final cryptic message in her blood...

10 Feb 202043min

EP17: Seattle's Piquerist Serial Killer

EP17: Seattle's Piquerist Serial Killer

In the early 1990's, Seattle was the scene for the new grunge wave, computer techs and also a sadistic piquerist who enjoyed murdering and staging the bodies of young women. Robert Keppler, John Dougl...

3 Feb 202057min

EP16: The Happy Face Serial Killer

EP16: The Happy Face Serial Killer

In 1990, a woman confessed that she and her boyfriend raped and murdered Taunja Bennett then dumped her body along the Old Scenic Highway in Oregon. However, a long-haul trucker, Keith Jesperson, was ...

27 Jan 20201h 1min

EP13: Dean Corll- The Candy Man Serial Killer

EP13: Dean Corll- The Candy Man Serial Killer

In August 1973, unbeknownst to the City of Houston, a serial killer named Dean Corll was running wild. Between 1970 and 1973, teenage boys were disappearing from the suburbs but authorities failed to ...

6 Jan 202053min

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